Central Authentication System Using Entity Print Records
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Solution Overview
Problem
Current financial authentication systems fail to provide consistent and secure authentication across multiple channels, are vulnerable to sophisticated fraud techniques, and do not adequately consider historical patterns and entity risk levels, leading to inconsistent and ineffective fraud detection.
Innovation Solution
A centralized authentication and interaction tracking system that builds an entity print record based on historical interactions, using multiple authentication factors and risk assessment to make authentication determinations, and compares received authentication factors with both individualized and standardized reference prints for secure and consistent authentication.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Adaptability or versatility
If traditional authentication methods (passwords, tokens) are used across multiple channels, then authentication can be implemented in each application, but consistency and security of authentication across channels deteriorates
Solution Approach 1:
The patent implements a universal authentication factor model that works across multiple channels (telephony, internet, mobile, branch). Authentication factors are standardized into a common framework that can be evaluated consistently regardless of the access channel, enabling the same authentication logic to serve multiple functions and channels uniformly.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system segments authentication into distinct factors (something the customer knows, is, has, or does) that can be independently evaluated. This segmentation allows the system to assess each factor separately and combine them using a unified risk-based approach, improving consistency across different channels while maintaining security.
2Reliability
If multiple authentication factors are collected and stored for each interaction, then fraud detection capability improves, but system complexity and data processing requirements worsen
Solution Approach 1:
The system performs preliminary actions by collecting and storing authentication factors during normal interactions before fraud occurs. Entity print records are built incrementally as customers interact with the system through various channels, so that when fraud is suspected, the pre-collected data can be quickly analyzed without requiring complex real-time data gathering.
Solution Approach 2:
The patent introduces an intermediary entity print record that mediates between raw authentication factors and fraud detection decisions. Instead of directly analyzing complex multi-channel data, the system uses entity print records as an intermediary representation that captures essential authentication patterns in a standardized format, simplifying the fraud detection process.
3Adaptability or versatility
If authentication policy is embedded within each internal application, then each application can be customized, but cross-channel consistency and ability to adapt to new threats worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent creates a universal authentication factor evaluation model that serves multiple applications and channels simultaneously. Rather than embedding separate authentication policies in each application, a single unified model evaluates authentication factors across telephony, internet, mobile, and branch channels, enabling centralized customization that benefits all applications.
Solution Approach 2:
The authentication system is designed to be dynamic and adaptable to new threats. The unified authentication factor model can be updated centrally to respond to emerging fraud techniques, and these updates automatically apply across all channels and applications without requiring individual application modifications, enabling rapid response to new threats.
4Ease of operation
If traditional authentication factors (passwords, IP addresses, tokens) are used, then authentication can be implemented, but vulnerability to sophisticated fraud techniques worsens
Solution Approach 1:
The patent fundamentally changes the parameters of authentication by moving from static factors (passwords, fixed IP addresses) to dynamic factors that capture behavioral patterns and interaction characteristics. Authentication factors include what the customer knows, is, has, or does, with emphasis on behavioral patterns that are difficult for fraudsters to replicate, thereby reducing fraud vulnerability while maintaining ease of operation.
Solution Approach 2:
The system implements feedback mechanisms where authentication factors are continuously collected and analyzed to update entity print records. This feedback loop enables the system to learn from legitimate customer behavior patterns and distinguish them from fraudulent attempts, reducing vulnerability to sophisticated fraud while maintaining user-friendly authentication processes.
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AI summary
Aspects of the invention relate to a central authentication and interaction tracking system for authenticating an entity making a request related to a financial account. The system facilitates authentication of an entity engaging in an interaction with a financial institution, the authentication based on a record of interactions initiated by the entity. The system includes an application interface receiving interaction requests over a network, the interaction requests originating from multiple entities and including a plurality of authentication factors. The system further includes a computer processor and computer memory capable of building, from each interaction request, an entity print record for each of the multiple entities, wherein each entity print record includes indicators of the authentication factors from each initiated transaction request. The system further facilitates deriving, from the entity print record, an entity print and storing the entity print in at least one computer memory, comparing received authentication factors for a requested interaction with the entity print, and making an authentication determination based on the comparison.